This 'n That!
I can't believe it is already 3 days since my last blog.  The days just fly by so fast we are amazed.  We went to the Mesa (Flea) Market with Wes and Jocelyn.

This is how some people enjoy shopping at the flea market.  They were staying at a relatives park model in Apache Junction and invited us over for a home cooked meal and some visiting with their neighbors.  It was really a great day and wonderful to be able to sit on the deck till it was time to go home.

We went out shopping at the Desert Ridge Marketplace - actually we went there and ate at the Yard House and then if you can believe it Coldstone Creamery for ice cream.  They went back to Saskatoon on Monday.

 This is Suz and Larry, they are from Colorado.  We have enjoyed meeting and visiting with them since we met them about a month ago.  They live very near us in our park.  They had a party for Suz's birthday on Monday and we were invited!

At our park you can reserve (for free) one of the many areas that are set up really well for such gatherings.  This one is by the bocce ball court.  It has a cooking area and even propane heaters which warm the area up real nice in the evening.

We really had a great time and met a bunch more people and had a lot of laughs.  Want to go try some more bocce ball too.  It's actually quite fun.

Mother nature provided us with some great entertainment as well.

You would not believe how many car washes there are here.  This one even advertises a 14.95 monthly rate.  They are usually pretty busy too.

I guess Tuesday was a day of driving around and pretty much fiddling around but I did manage to get a few funny pictures like this one!  We had planned to go for a hike in the desert but they day turned out cold and very windy.  Not a fan of desert dust in my face and my allergies were driving me crazy.  We decided to do some shopping.  A new camera was the plan.  Also some new eyeglasses for me.  For some reason one of my lenses is crazed and it is driving me crazed!!  Got the camera and rushed home to charge it up which took quite a while and it was dark by the time it was charged.  Figured I would give it a good try today as I have a month to take it back if I don't like it.

 These were the neatest featheriest clouds Tuesday morning.  Don informed me that they are mares' tails and predict nasty weather.  And he was right!

These are the superstition mountains.  They are not that far from us in Mesa and we have never seen snow on them.  It cracks me up to see cactus and snow in the same picture. It rained so hard all morning that we were confined to our RV but it took a little breather by noon and we went for a drive and noticed this snow.

We took a drive closer and could not believe how many other people had the same idea.  I have never seen that many cars on that road, and I was not the only one out taking pictures.  What the heck - have we NEVER seen snow before people??  I was excited to try out my new zoom lens

I think its pretty decent.  Really wanted to try taking some pictures of birds and managed to get this one

Didn't do much experimenting as I guess you actually have to put the memory card IN the camera  DUH!!
We walked around a bit and the ground was really wet - the mud is the prettiest red color.
I figured I would try and get a picture of a hummingbird in the park when we got back but it started to rain and even did some thundering so hopefully I will have better luck tomorrow.